Sindh Madressatul Islam University

Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU)
Motto in English
 Enter To Learn Go Forth to Serve
Type Public
Established

1885

University Status Granted in 2012
Chancellor Governor of Sindh
Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammed Ali Shaikh
Location Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus 8 acres
Affiliations HEC, Chartered By Govt. Of Sindh
Website http://smiu.edu.pk

Sindh Madressatul Islam University (Urdu: سندھ مدرسۃ الاسلام‎; Sindhi: سنڌ مدرسته الاسلام‎) is a university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. SMIU is a public university located in the commercial hub of Karachi, near I.I. Chundrigar Road in vicinity of Habib Bank Plaza. It is spread over more than eight acres of land and has some colonial era buildings. Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) offers four years Bachelor's in Computer Sciences, BBA, BS Environmental Sciences, BS Media Studies and BS Education And also offers Masters Programs in different fields such as MBA, MS(CS) etc.

Sindh Madrasa was founded on 1 September 1885 by Hassan Ali Effendi, a Sindhi of Turkish origin who settled in Karachi. It began to become popular with mainly Muslims of Sindh including Baloch. It is modeled on the British public school system. The founding father of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah studied there. Sindh Madressatul Islam is one of the oldest modern Muslim educational institutions in South Asia. It was founded on September 1, 1885 in Karachi, with the objective to impart modern education to the people of Sindh. It was founded by a group of Sindhi Muslim visionaries led by Khan Bahadur Hassan Ali Effendi, the great grandfather of President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. By 1895, with the untiring efforts of Hassan Ali Effendi, the institution had fully developed into a high school with three primary branches that taught in Sindhi. The Quran classes were regularly conducted in the prayer halls.

In 2015 SMIU introduced the first short course certificate program "TV Program and News Production". Program was very successful and attendees were working journalists and people from media. All who completed the course gave their group a name "DilPhaink Studio ( www.dilphaink.com) ".

Sindh Madressatul Islam was established on the premises of Qafila Serai a former caravan station in Karachi.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah's will, excerpt

Departments

Department of Business Administration

Degree Programs Currently the Department of Business Administration is offering following degree programs:

INTRODUCTION The Department offers various nationaly and internationally recognized programs at graduate and undergraduate levels, which have been designed in consultation with the corporate sector. After completion of their studies, the students are equipped with a thorough knowledge of their profession including different types of business structures, business cultures and managerial functions, as well as political, social, economic, technological and ethical considerations affecting business. They have tremendous opportunities in the business management concerns.

Three Distinctions of the Department Located in Karachi's Business District: The Department is located close to I.I Chundrigar Road, which is known as Wall Street of Karachi. Most of the multinational and national trading houses, banks, financial institutions as well as Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry are located on walking distance from the Department. Living in the 'Business Environment' is one of the advantages that the Business Administration students of SMIU enjoy in addition to opportunities for internships.

Quality Education at Minimum Cost: Being a Public-Sector institution, SMIU charges minimum fees while providing quality education in a state-of-the-art academic facilities. It charges about one-sixth of the fee charged by other comparable institutions for business education programs.

PhD Faculty: The Department is privileged to have highly qualified and devoted faculty with PhD and MS /MBA degrees from the best national and international universities.

Department of Computer Science

Degree Programs Currently the Department of Computer Science is offering following programs:

INTRODUCTION The advent of Computer has changed the shape of our world. Latest development in the field of Computer Science provides opportunity to computer professionals to revolutionize society in ways unimagined before. Our mission is to educate and train the students who strive to lead the technology revolution. We are providing excellent environment in the department with advanced equipments, which can lead our youth (future generation) towards cutting-edge technology.

Distinctions of the Department Laboratories:The Department of Computer Science provides exceptional computing amenities. It is equipped with three stateof- the-art computer labs: two of them are computing laboratories with the latest core i7 machines, while the other one is hardware laboratory with modern equipments for electronic and digital circuit design courses. These laboratories are reachable to all students and faculty members. The computers are connected through state-of-theart network environment.

IT/Industrial Hub:SMIU is located in the area where numbers of IT industries, software houses, institutions, media and government organizations' networks are located, enabling students to seek internships, etc., as well as familiarize themselves with IT related environment.

PhD Faculty:The Department is privileged to have highly qualified, multi-cultural and devoted faculty with PhD and MS// M.Phil degrees from the best national and international universities.

Department of Education

Degree Programs Currently the Department of Environment Science is offering following programs:

Introduction The Department of Education comprises of highly qualified, professionally trained, dedicated, skilled teachers with leadership qualities to serve on national and international forums. The Department of Education has designed and developed its curriculum to meet the challenges of future requirement in the field of education & research and fill the gap between required and present demands of skilled motivated and professionally trained educationists. The department will establish a strong research tradition through projects and its research and publications. It will strive to produce, competent, confident and skilled professionals who will serve with pride, devotion and professional ethical standards.

The Distinctions of the Department Presence of School for Practical: The Department of Education has the distinction to have exclusive access to SMIU Model School for practical training of the students of its graduate and undergraduate programs.

PhD Faculty: The Department is privileged to have highly qualified and devoted faculty with PhD and MS degrees from the best national and international universities.

State-of- the-Art Academic Facilities: The Department has state-ofthe- art academic facilities including exclusive IT resources, seminar libraries and best teaching environment.

Department OF Environmental Sciences

Degree Programs Currently the Department of Environment Science is offering following programs:

INTRODUCTION The discipline of Environment has attained unprecedented significance in view of the emerging environmental issues like global warming, etc. Because of this, the needs for professional environmentalists have increased and the professions relating to environmental sciences are needed in the most diversified field of employment all over the world.

The Department of Environmental Sciences at SMIU is for addressing the national challenges in the field of environment and to provide capable leadership in the field. The interdisciplinary and integrative curriculum of its degree programs have been designed to equip students with key skills and knowledge to understand and confront complex environmental issues.

Department of Media Studies

Degree Programs The Department of Media Studies is offering following programs:

INTRODUCTION The media has emerged as a great institution of nation building in modern times. This requires that the future media-persons should have adequate academic foundation as to serve the country and their respective profession in a better manner. SMI University's department of Media Studies has been established with that objective in mind.

The importance of the Department increases with the fact that the University is located in the area where leading media outlets, both print and electronic, like Daily Dawn, Daily Jang, The News, as well as almost all the major satellite television networks are located.

The Department has its own television studio as well as FM Radio station, providing an opportunity for hands-on training on latest broadcasting equipment.

Three Distinctions of the Department Television and Radio studio: The Department of Media Studies at SMIU has its own state-of- the art television studio and FM Radio studio to serve as its broadcasting laboratories. Both the studios offer hands-on training to the students.

Location on Media Street: SMIU is located in the area where leading media outlets, both print and electronic, like Daily Dawn, Daily Jang, Daily Express Tribune, Daily The News, as well as almost all the major television networks are located.

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